Skate-runner.



G. ADLER.

SKATE RUNNER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23, 1910.

Patented July 4, 1911.

Chris? Adler;

CHRIST ADLE'R, on GUSTAR, OHIO.

SKATE-RUNNER.

Specification of letters Patent.

Patented d'nlv &, at i Application filed February 23, 1910. Serial No.545,296.

lowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawing.

This invention relates to ice skates, and,

the principal object of the same is to provide a runner therefor that isprovided with means that will prevent rearward slippage of the skatesand which will also assure of the runner having a firm engagement withthe ice so that the starting stroke of skating will be expeditedi Incarrying out the objects of the invention generally stated above it willbe understood, of course, that the essential features thereof arenecessarily susceptible of changes in details and structuralarrangements, one preferred and practical embodi ment of which is shownin the accompanying drawings.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, aswill be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a skate equipped with the improvedrunner. Fig. 2 is a detail view in. side elevation of the runner.

The improved runner has been shown in connection with the well knowntype of clamp skates said skates being designated generally by thenumeral 1. Theruhner 2 has the usual straight elongated ice-engagingsurface 3 and at'il's forward end is prpvided' with the uwardly andoutwardly curved nose l. Said nose at has its ice-engaging surfaceprovided with transversely arranged teeth 5 whose sharpened outer ends6, incline rearwardly so that any tendency of the skate runner to sliderearward will cause said teeth to firmly bite into the ice.

It will be seen from the foregoing that the improved runner will be ofmaterial aid to beginners, and also that it will greatly aid racers ingettin a quick start for the reason that the nose 0 the runner beingfirmly engaged with the ice, the racer can quickly swing into his stridewithout danger of a rearward slip.

It wi]l be obvious that the rearward incline of the teeth is such thatthey do not interfere at all with the forward movement of the runner.

It is to be noted (see Fig. 1) that the nose 4 terminates at its upperend in a rearwardly and downwardly extending plateengaging hook or lugP; the plate 8, at its forward end, is securely held under the hook orlug P (Fig. 1) and is supported upon the standard port-ions 9. The hook43 serves as an efficient holding means for the plate 8, as thecurvature of the nose prevents the plate from being pushed down on therunner, whereas the hook a rigidly and securely fastens the plate 8 uponthe standard portions 9. It also is to be noted that the nose 4 isgradually curved in the arc of a circle, and that the under-surface ofsaid nose is provided with teeth formed saw-like; each tooth projectingfrom the nose at right-angles to the longitudinal axis of the same,

whereby said. teeth bite into the ice so as to prevent backward slippingof the runner when a forward stroke of the skate is made.

lVhat I claim as my invention is 1- A skate comprising a runner havingits forward end curved upward from the tread to its upper extremity, theunder surface of said forward end being provided with rearwardlyprojecting saw-like teeth throughout the entire curved portion wherebybackward movement of the skate upon the ice will be prevented when theheel portion is raised.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

CHRIST ADLER.

Witnesses:

HARRY J. JoNns, NANCY FRANCE.

